Caguas Compite 2021, a free business incubation program with training and support, has opened its enrollment period for the next session that begins in March. This project, headed by the municipality’s Economic Development division, consists of 20 daytime business training workshops via video call due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and includes individualized and group mentoring, […]
Centropiezas Plus, a Puerto Rican retailer specializing in automobile spare parts, chemicals and accessories, invested $250,000 to open its 20th store, this time in Carolina, executives announced over the weekend. “We took the risk of investing in the move and reopening of the store to expand our services, meet the demand of the Carolina market […]
Looking to keep the dialogue going on the role of the information technology industry in the Island, the Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster (PRITC) announced the relaunch of the first “Call for Papers.” This initiative, which had to be postponed last year due to the pandemic, “promotes in a more creative and dynamic way the […]
The situation caused by COVID-19 has had a great impact on the economy, society and the behavior of capital markets, among other areas. It has shed light on trends that were already developing and that it is important to look closely to learn more about the world economic scene. The arrival of vaccines, a second […]
KeyBank Specialty Finance Lending closed a $35 million credit facility for Commercial Equipment Finance (CEFI), an independent commercial equipment finance company headquartered in Puerto Rico. “CEFI is a leading equipment finance company that we look forward to helping meet its growth targets over time,” Rian Emmett, managing director and group head of KeyBank Specialty Finance Lending, said. “Based […]
Sacred Heart University will hold a pre-college program aimed at high school students interested in pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with an emphasis in neuroscience. The program is aimed at students in 9th through 11th grade, from both public and private schools, with a minimum grade point average of 3.0. The selected […]
The Miramar Museum of Art and Design (MADMi, as the museum is known), in collaboration with the Modo Consciente collective of designers, will host the “I Love Local Pop Up Shop,” on Feb. 13 in the facility’s Titín Room. “Our mission as an institution is to inspire through art and design, and we also want […]
New car sales in Puerto Rico reached 10,085 units, representing a whopping 51.6% growth versus the 6,653 units sold during the same month in 2020, the United Automobile Importers Group (GUIA) revealed. One of the segments that showed a significant change for the month were minivans, with an increase of 99.1%, followed by vans, with […]
The 2021 Series of Wellness Workshops to strengthen emotional health in the population will be available as of Feb. 15 for groups that request them, organizers Fundación Triple-S and Albizu University announced. “We’re pleased to continue collaborating with the Albizu University to contribute to the wellbeing of our population,” Ivelisse Fernández, executive director of the […]
Nonprofit organization Sembrando Sentido launched the “Contratos en Ley” online platform that monitors and evaluates the public procurement processes in Puerto Rico. The organization seeks to prevent the “misuse of hundreds of millions of dollars of public funds due to corruption and inefficiency in the hiring processes,” it said in a press release. ContratosEnLey.org is the […]
The Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3, in Spanish) will start offering a series of online trainings related to the Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Solution system, open to officials of state agencies, municipalities and nonprofit entities, classified as eligible for the allocation of funds from Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance Program. COR3 […]
To celebrate the month of love, Jungle Bird, located at La Placita de Santurce, will offer two unique experiences to take part in without having to leave the house — the first is a virtual experience for rum lovers and the second is a special, limited-time-only menu, the business announced. The virtual event “Make love […]
The next deadline for Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) applications to be considered for funding this year is Mar. 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced. Through CSP, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners earn payments for expanding conservation activities while maintaining agricultural production on their land. CSP also encourages adoption of new technologies and management […]
Puerto Rican Entrepreneur Lucienne Gigante has been selected as a fellow in the global accelerator program Vital Voices GROW Fellowship (VV GROW), joining 50 of her peers and business leaders from 27 countries and seven regions worldwide. Gigante will participate as the founder of Lucenti, a strategic positioning firm that creates and deploys innovative strategies […]
Caguas Ambulatory Surgical Center recently performed the first total knee replacement surgery in Puerto Rico, paving the way for 30% of patients needing this surgery to no longer have to go to a hospital and return home on the same day of the procedure. There were approximately 1.2 million replacement surgeries in the United States […]
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